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SQL Defrag Manager allows you to modify many of the default settings of the application, and you can change your Console preferences at any time. Reconfiguring these preferences allows you to modify settings in the following categories:

• Alerts
• Recent activity
• Repository
• User Experience

Configuring Email alert notifications

You can can configure email settings in in SQL Defrag Manager to send Email alert notifications regarding fragmentation using the Default Email Configuration window.  To To open the Default Email Configuration window, click click Email Configuration on the SQL Defrag Manager command menu of the SQL Defrag Manager Console.

Configuring recent activity

By default, SQL Defrag Manager only displays the last 1000 actions on the Recent Activity pane. Starting with version 3.5 users can configure this value in the SQL Defrag Manager Console or trough the command line.

Changing the SQL Server Repository

You can change the SQL Server SQL Server repository using the SQL Defrag Manager Console. To open the Connect to Repository window, click the Connect icon at the top left edge of the SQL Defrag Manager Console.

Refreshing the information displayed

To improve performance, each SQL Defrag Manager Console caches some information about objects in the database. SQL Defrag Manager maintains and updates this cached information based on activities in the Console.

When multiple SQL Defrag Manager Consoles connect to the same Repository, some changes made in one Console may not be displayed in the other Consoles. For example, if one Console registers a new instance, that instance may not immediately appear in other open Consoles. To refresh the information displayed in the Console, click the Refresh icon at the top left edge of the SQL Defrag Manager Console, as shown in the following image.

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To refresh all the cached database information in a Console, display the Fragmentation Explorer tab and then click the Refresh icon in that Console.

Changing user experience settings

The SQL Defrag Manager Console provides multiple styles that change the appearance of the Console. You can choose which style you prefer to use. To select a style, click the the Style icon icon at the top left edge of the SQL Defrag Manager Console, as shown in the following image.

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